July 2024 - 46

BIG GROWER
Great Lakes Growers can produce around 12 million
heads of lettuce annually.
GOING STRONG
Since the beginning, Great Lakes Growers has
made it a point to optimize their operational model
and growing techniques while vetting out emerging
technologies.
Thanks to a completed expansion a few years ago,
Great Lakes Growers has an annual production of
approximately 12 million heads.
Bonner's philosophy has not been to do three to four
items and do them really well, rather the company has
70 SKUs - half of them for retail, half for food service.
" COVID changed things a little bit, too, " he said. " In
this business, everyone's first complaint is always about
finding good help. In restaurant-type businesses, that
has meant less demand for whole-head type production
and more demand for fresh-cut, ready-to-eat products. "
Those ready-to-eat products are also more prominent
today in grocery stores, as the younger generations
gravitate towards these convenient and quick options.
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" It's a massive market
in North America and I
don't know many companies
who have been in the lettuce
business as long as us. "
- John Bonner
" I think what makes our company unique is the
breadth of it, " Bonner said. " We have a full line of herbs
for both retail and food service; we offer a full line of
whole head products for both; and we offer a full line
of cut products for both food service and retail. Most
of the companies I see out there specialize in one of
those categories. "
When it's time to add new products, Great Lakes
Growers has a very tight relationship with its breeder
partners and seed companies, so it will often work with
them on new offerings and try them out and review
them together.

July 2024

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of July 2024

Table of Contents
Editor's Report | Summertime decisions
Lighting Research | Supplemental lighting strategies
Technology | Transforming with automation
CAST 2024 | Remarkable releases for 2025
CEA | The importance of canopy ventilation
Climate Control | Enhancing greenhouse management
Special Advertising Section | Grower's Guide: Professional Growing Media and Biologicals
Variety Information | New take on smooth hydrangeas
Big Grower | Hydroponic farming
Product Showcase
Plant Health | Setting ground rules
Forty Under 40 Perspectives | Turning a lifelong education into a business
Culture Report | Grama grass
Technically Speaking | Why crops don't flower (on time)
Product Marketplace
Industry News/Events
Classifieds/Ad Index
July 2024 - 1
July 2024 - 2
July 2024 - Table of Contents
July 2024 - Editor's Report | Summertime decisions
July 2024 - 5
July 2024 - Lighting Research | Supplemental lighting strategies
July 2024 - 7
July 2024 - 8
July 2024 - 9
July 2024 - 10
July 2024 - 11
July 2024 - Technology | Transforming with automation
July 2024 - 13
July 2024 - 14
July 2024 - 15
July 2024 - CAST 2024 | Remarkable releases for 2025
July 2024 - 17
July 2024 - 18
July 2024 - 19
July 2024 - 20
July 2024 - 21
July 2024 - 22
July 2024 - 23
July 2024 - 24
July 2024 - 25
July 2024 - 26
July 2024 - 27
July 2024 - CEA | The importance of canopy ventilation
July 2024 - 29
July 2024 - 30
July 2024 - 31
July 2024 - 32
July 2024 - 33
July 2024 - Climate Control | Enhancing greenhouse management
July 2024 - Special Advertising Section | Grower's Guide: Professional Growing Media and Biologicals
July 2024 - A2
July 2024 - A3
July 2024 - A4
July 2024 - A5
July 2024 - A6
July 2024 - A7
July 2024 - A8
July 2024 - A9
July 2024 - A10
July 2024 - A11
July 2024 - A12
July 2024 - A13
July 2024 - A14
July 2024 - A15
July 2024 - A16
July 2024 - Variety Information | New take on smooth hydrangeas
July 2024 - 36
July 2024 - 37
July 2024 - 38
July 2024 - 39
July 2024 - 40
July 2024 - Big Grower | Hydroponic farming
July 2024 - 42
July 2024 - 43
July 2024 - 44
July 2024 - 45
July 2024 - 46
July 2024 - Product Showcase
July 2024 - Plant Health | Setting ground rules
July 2024 - 49
July 2024 - 50
July 2024 - 51
July 2024 - Forty Under 40 Perspectives | Turning a lifelong education into a business
July 2024 - 53
July 2024 - Culture Report | Grama grass
July 2024 - 55
July 2024 - 56
July 2024 - 57
July 2024 - Technically Speaking | Why crops don't flower (on time)
July 2024 - 59
July 2024 - Product Marketplace
July 2024 - 61
July 2024 - 62
July 2024 - 63
July 2024 - 64
July 2024 - Industry News/Events
July 2024 - Classifieds/Ad Index
July 2024 - 67
July 2024 - 68
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